physica status solidi (b)
Spectral density method applied to the study of the energy spectrum of the XY model in a transverse field
L. A. B. Bernardes, O. N. Borges, L. A. Amarante Ribeiro
Abstract
Abstract The energy spectrum of the XY model in a transverse field is studied by the spectral density method (SDM), using polar and Gaussian „ansätze”︁. Expressions for the critical temperature and critical transverse field are obtained. It is shown that, within some approximations, the static properties of this model are not modified by including damping effects in the elementary excitations.